Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 66 78
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,925 1,944 2,912
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 3.94% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 4.38% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,404 973 2,125
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,291 £58,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £115,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -5.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,502 44,419 78,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 90.05% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,918 25,002 54,550
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 1,696 £75,000 +3.45% 634
UK excluding London -47 1,029 £65,000 -7.14% 358
Work from Home -16 875 £65,000 -7.14% 305
London -13 755 £85,000 +3.03% 364
North of England -33 371 £69,655 -1.89% 115
South East 0 272 £65,000 -7.14% 117
North West -44 202 £75,000 +8.70% 62
South West -41 117 £56,250 -17.91% 33
Midlands -62 96 £67,500 +3.85% 46
North East +25 88 £65,000 +18.18% 18
Yorkshire -13 81 £61,250 -14.92% 35
West Midlands -36 70 £80,000 +14.29% 28
Wales -19 52 £70,000 +34.62% 13
Northern Ireland -21 47 £72,500 +45.00% 16
East of England -23 45 £60,100 -3.84% 9
Scotland -66 31 £60,000 -23.87% 12
East Midlands -56 25 £64,000 +6.67% 18
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 4

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 33 (1.71%) Confluence
2 23 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 17 (0.88%) CMS
4 16 (0.83%) IIS
5 13 (0.68%) Apache
6 9 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.47%) Camunda
7 8 (0.42%) JBoss
7 8 (0.42%) WordPress
8 7 (0.36%) nginx
8 7 (0.36%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.26%) Drupal
10 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.16%) Kentico
11 3 (0.16%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.16%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.62%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.42%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.10%) Shopify
7 1 (0.052%) Eikon
7 1 (0.052%) RMDS
7 1 (0.052%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 999 (51.90%) AWS
2 830 (43.12%) Azure
3 331 (17.19%) GCP
4 266 (13.82%) Serverless
5 234 (12.16%) GitHub
6 187 (9.71%) SaaS
7 165 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
8 125 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
9 114 (5.92%) Amazon EKS
10 108 (5.61%) Amazon S3
11 98 (5.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 97 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
13 90 (4.68%) Azure Service Bus
14 78 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
15 68 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
16 65 (3.38%) Azure AKS
17 64 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
18 61 (3.17%) Amazon SQS
19 53 (2.75%) PaaS
20 47 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.32%) Broadband
2 24 (1.25%) Network Security
3 15 (0.78%) MQTT
4 13 (0.68%) DMARC
5 11 (0.57%) DNS
6 8 (0.42%) AMQP
6 8 (0.42%) Firewall
6 8 (0.42%) Internet
6 8 (0.42%) VPN
7 7 (0.36%) DHCP
7 7 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.31%) RFID
8 6 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.26%) HTTP
10 4 (0.21%) LTE
11 3 (0.16%) Modbus
12 1 (0.052%) HTTPS
12 1 (0.052%) PSTN
12 1 (0.052%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 301 (15.64%) MongoDB
2 217 (11.27%) PostgreSQL
3 200 (10.39%) NoSQL
4 167 (8.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 159 (8.26%) Elasticsearch
6 121 (6.29%) MySQL
7 101 (5.25%) SQL Server
8 87 (4.52%) Relational Database
9 62 (3.22%) Redis
10 52 (2.70%) DynamoDB
11 48 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (1.56%) Big Data
13 22 (1.14%) RDBMS
14 19 (0.99%) BigQuery
15 12 (0.62%) Db2
15 12 (0.62%) DTS
16 11 (0.57%) Pinecone
17 10 (0.52%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
19 8 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 230 (11.95%) Git
2 185 (9.61%) GitLab
3 156 (8.10%) Jenkins
4 60 (3.12%) TeamCity
5 57 (2.96%) JIRA
6 53 (2.75%) JUnit
7 41 (2.13%) Cucumber
8 32 (1.66%) Mockito
9 31 (1.61%) Claude Code
9 31 (1.61%) Cypress.io
10 25 (1.30%) Maven
11 24 (1.25%) CircleCI
12 21 (1.09%) Selenium
13 19 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 18 (0.94%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.68%) Vite
16 12 (0.62%) JMeter
16 12 (0.62%) Postman
16 12 (0.62%) Spock
17 11 (0.57%) REST Assured
General
1 458 (23.79%) Finance
2 341 (17.71%) Social Skills
3 193 (10.03%) Public Sector
4 162 (8.42%) Banking
5 120 (6.23%) Retail
6 115 (5.97%) Law
7 109 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 105 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
9 62 (3.22%) Legal
10 59 (3.06%) Financial Institution
11 51 (2.65%) Back Office
12 35 (1.82%) Marketing
13 29 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
14 28 (1.45%) Legal Technology
15 22 (1.14%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.09%) Telecoms
17 20 (1.04%) Advertising
18 18 (0.94%) Games
19 16 (0.83%) Front Office
20 15 (0.78%) Billing
Job Titles
1 725 (37.66%) Developer
2 457 (23.74%) Senior
3 348 (18.08%) Software Engineer
4 291 (15.12%) Lead
5 262 (13.61%) Architect
6 206 (10.70%) .NET Developer
7 163 (8.47%) Senior Developer
8 150 (7.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 145 (7.53%) Java Developer
10 131 (6.81%) Java Engineer
11 112 (5.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 110 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
13 105 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
14 95 (4.94%) Principal Engineer
15 80 (4.16%) Software Developer
16 73 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
17 69 (3.58%) Lead Developer
18 58 (3.01%) Lead Software Engineer
19 55 (2.86%) Technical Leader
20 52 (2.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 520 (27.01%) .NET
2 420 (21.82%) React
3 417 (21.66%) Node.js
4 311 (16.16%) Spring
5 292 (15.17%) Spring Boot
6 279 (14.49%) RESTful
7 251 (13.04%) REST
8 232 (12.05%) Kafka
9 229 (11.90%) ASP.NET
10 212 (11.01%) .NET Core
11 203 (10.55%) AngularJS
12 200 (10.39%) Vue
13 190 (9.87%) ASP.NET Core
14 108 (5.61%) ASP.NET Web API
15 107 (5.56%) Blazor
16 98 (5.09%) .NET Framework
17 92 (4.78%) HTML
18 86 (4.47%) CSS
19 79 (4.10%) gRPC
20 72 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 573 (29.77%) Cloud Native
2 332 (17.25%) Distributed Systems
3 137 (7.12%) Product Ownership
4 94 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
5 81 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
6 56 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
7 55 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 46 (2.39%) Video\Live Streaming
9 45 (2.34%) Over-the-Top Content
10 39 (2.03%) Public Cloud
11 37 (1.92%) AI Agents
12 29 (1.51%) e-Learning
13 27 (1.40%) Algorithms
13 27 (1.40%) Data Structures
14 26 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
15 25 (1.30%) Virtual Team
16 23 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
16 23 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
17 20 (1.04%) Mobile App
18 17 (0.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.18%) Linux
2 45 (2.34%) Windows
3 21 (1.09%) Unix
4 18 (0.94%) CentOS
4 18 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.31%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.21%) AIX
6 4 (0.21%) Debian
6 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.052%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 997 (51.79%) CI/CD
2 904 (46.96%) Agile
3 687 (35.69%) DevOps
4 684 (35.53%) Software Engineering
5 555 (28.83%) Full-Stack Development
6 443 (23.01%) Mentoring
7 421 (21.87%) Containerisation
8 396 (20.57%) AI
8 396 (20.57%) Event-Driven
9 391 (20.31%) Test Automation
10 375 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 363 (18.86%) Infrastructure as Code
12 343 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
13 275 (14.29%) Scrum
14 252 (13.09%) Technical Leadership
15 246 (12.78%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 236 (12.26%) TDD
17 216 (11.22%) Clean Code
18 212 (11.01%) Coaching
19 201 (10.44%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 620 (32.21%) Java
2 528 (27.43%) C#
3 484 (25.14%) SQL
4 460 (23.90%) Python
5 433 (22.49%) JavaScript
6 359 (18.65%) TypeScript
7 120 (6.23%) Go
8 53 (2.75%) Scala
9 46 (2.39%) Ruby
10 45 (2.34%) C++
11 42 (2.18%) PHP
12 39 (2.03%) Bash
13 26 (1.35%) PowerShell
14 25 (1.30%) Bicep
14 25 (1.30%) Rust
15 23 (1.19%) C
16 15 (0.78%) PL/SQL
17 14 (0.73%) Kotlin
18 12 (0.62%) Groovy
19 11 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 246 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 176 (9.14%) Degree
3 168 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 81 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (3.32%) AWS Certification
6 59 (3.06%) DV Cleared
7 39 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (1.14%) CISSP
9 21 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 17 (0.88%) Azure Certification
11 11 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.52%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.47%) MBA
13 9 (0.47%) PhD
14 8 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.36%) CISM
16 5 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
16 5 (0.26%) GIAC
16 5 (0.26%) ISACA
16 5 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (9.45%) QA
2 68 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 41 (2.13%) GDPR
4 40 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (1.51%) WCAG
6 23 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.19%) SOC 2
7 21 (1.09%) NIST
8 17 (0.88%) NCSC
9 15 (0.78%) GRC
10 10 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.31%) Data Quality
13 6 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.26%) SEPA
15 4 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.21%) PSD2
16 3 (0.16%) IFRS
System Software
1 552 (28.68%) Docker
2 26 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.21%) Firmware
4 4 (0.21%) NDS
5 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 585 (30.39%) Kubernetes
2 351 (18.23%) Terraform
3 112 (5.82%) Ansible
4 100 (5.19%) Grafana
5 60 (3.12%) Prometheus
6 24 (1.25%) Argo
7 18 (0.94%) Puppet
8 17 (0.88%) Kibana
9 13 (0.68%) Cilium
10 12 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.42%) HP Fortify
12 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.21%) Packer
13 4 (0.21%) Podman
14 2 (0.10%) MIIS
14 2 (0.10%) Nagios
14 2 (0.10%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.10%) Rancher
15 1 (0.052%) Istio
15 1 (0.052%) logstash
Vendors
1 309 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.31%) Google
3 61 (3.17%) Oracle
4 45 (2.34%) Typelevel
5 37 (1.92%) OpenAI
6 29 (1.51%) Splunk
7 24 (1.25%) Dynatrace
8 22 (1.14%) IBM
9 20 (1.04%) AppDynamics
10 17 (0.88%) Databricks
11 14 (0.73%) Adobe
12 13 (0.68%) SendGrid
13 12 (0.62%) OneLogin
13 12 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.62%) Salesforce
14 10 (0.52%) Okta
14 10 (0.52%) SAP
14 10 (0.52%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.47%) ForgeRock
16 7 (0.36%) HubSpot